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Prestigious Companies Using WordPress 11 Aug 2013 | 11:12 pm
Over the past few years WordPress has quickly become the most popular publishing system on the web, powering 17% of the internet. Reputable brands have taken notice, and the number of large companies ...
How to Find a Good Web Designer 11 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
So you’ve been tasked with leading the re-design of a website, but you have no idea how to find a good web designer. Finding someone that is truly good can be an exhausting task, but it’s a vital step...
Creating a WordPress Website for Beginners 8 Apr 2013 | 05:33 pm
As far as blogging platforms go, WordPress is by far one of the best and most flexible – and when used properly can be used as a casual “blog” or even a more corporate website and product sales site. ...
My WordPress Development Environment 11 Jan 2013 | 06:08 pm
I’m constantly trying to improve my WordPress development environment. It’s a conundrum I’ve been battling with since I began developing websites with WordPress. How do you reliably make local updates...
WordPress 3.5 Admin Error: “jQuery is not defined” 18 Dec 2012 | 09:51 pm
Today is the big day, I’ve begun upgrading various installs to WordPress 3.5. Many of them have been experiencing issues with JavaScript related errors in the admin. WordPress 3.5 has a new performanc...
Adding Custom Post Types to Author Archives in WordPress 5 Dec 2012 | 08:56 pm
WordPress automatically generates archives for each blog author, listing all posts created by that author. But what happens when you have a system with custom post types that you want to attribute to ...
Taxonomy Term Descriptions & WordPress Archives 30 Nov 2012 | 11:29 pm
If you’re working with custom taxonomies in WordPress, it’s nice to provide site owners the option to display term descriptions in their theme. Optional term descriptions can easily be displayed on a ...
When to Use is_home() & is_front_page() 27 Nov 2012 | 06:29 am
In WordPress you can conveniently display, run or show something when certain conditions are met using conditional tags. I frequently find myself using the two most ambiguous tag’s: is_home() and is_f...
Quick Tip: CSS Vertical-align & Inline-block 5 Nov 2012 | 08:21 pm
During the process of working today I came across a CSS issue with vertical-align and two inline-block elements next to each other. Setting vertical-align to baseline for both didn’t solve the issue, ...
Automatic WordPress Image Optimization 3 Nov 2012 | 12:27 am
If you manage a WordPress blog with multiple authors, you’ve probably experienced issues with slow loading images. Many writer’s don’t understand the importance of image compression and optimization o...